In today’s post, John Davis pauses from discussing the daily experiences in hospital, the outcomes of four operations and the nature of his impairments, to try to explain what it feels like […]
In today’s post John Davis explores the bleaker aspects of being in hospital. Including that death was an ever present, at times he felt he had nothing more to give and his […]
In the next few articles, John Davis connects his experience of being in hospital to the current Corona virus crisis and explores issues such as loss, survival, friendship and hallucinations. Today’s article […]
Following on from Article 1 In today’s article John Davis continues to recount his harrowing story of being admitted to hospital with gangrene in Phoenix and analyses his experience of having to […]
This is the first of a series of articles where John Davis recounts his experience of receiving life-saving surgery whilst on holiday in the USA and explains how the Social Model of […]
I am a really busy person, both personally and professionally; often juggling more than one position at the same time. For example, I lecture at the University of Edinburgh and am also […]
I am a PhD Researcher based at the School of Education in University of Glasgow. My main interests relate to social justice, citizenship education and values. My background is in education, having […]
Now that August has come and gone Edinburgh is no longer the centre of the arts world; the stalls are all packed up, posters have been removed and the streets cleared to […]
By John M Davis Today’s blog concerns the trials and tribulations of a friend from Ghana who has been very poorly treated by the UK Home Office. I first met Kwame whilst […]
In series of 5 posts John Davis reviews Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue’s new album Lost and Found. This first post summarises the different characters that emerge across the album; […]
